Fear is the soul's signal for rallying.

A boy is a piece of existence quite separate from all things else, and deserves separate chapters in the natural history of men.

Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place in the contents. New harmonies, new contrasts, new combinations of every sort. Nothing ever happens twice alike. The most familiar people stand each moment in some new relation to each other, to their work, to surrounding objects. The most tranquil house, with the most serene inhabitants, living upon the utmost regularity of system, is yet exemplifying infinite diversities.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a mentor, a teacher, a guidepost, a counsellor.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger.

Of all joyful, smiling, ever-laughing experiences, there are none like those which spring from true religion.